Concrete Wave Magazine

"Based on the book Concrete Wave and the television series ... for those people fascinated by the history and legacy of skateboarding..." www.concretewavemagazine.com Search * Related
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Skate Legends book to be released

Upcoming release of 'Skate Legends' by Michael Brooke, with photos by Lynn Cooper *". Site includes small profiles of many 'legendary' skaters including Pierre Andre, Steve Caballero *, Primo Desiderio, Tony Hawk *, Christian Hosoi *, Lester Kasai *, Allen Losi, Tony Magnusson *, Rodney Mullen *, Steve Olson *, Duane Peters *, and Per Welinder *. Michael Brooke is also the author of the book "The Concrete Wave", and Cooper Productions is a "Colorado *-based skate distribution company." (Full Article) Search *
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The History Of Skateboarding In Less Than 1700 Words

An excerpt from the book "The Concrete Wave" is featured here. "Skateboarding has rich history of innovation and is full of intriguing stories. ... this essay will provide you with an overview of the last nine decades." www.interlog.com/~mbrooke/ history.htm Search * Related
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Skateboarding: The Sport, Explained

What are those crazy wheeled boards, anyway? This article tries to explains what skateboarding is to the uninitiated. "You might feel as if you're flying or riding the perfect wave. Maybe you just love the feel of the wind and speed. What are we talking about? Skateboarding through the streets, sidewalks, parks and ramps of America." (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2002 Archive, Skateboarding)

Skateboard Women Increasingly Appear At Skateparks

"People always think of skateboarding as this tough scene, but I'm always out there with kids and their parents, just one big happy skate family," says Lyn-Z Adams *, 14, a phenom from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif., who skates for the all-girl Roxy squad. "Growing up, I wanted to be like my brother," she says. "But today, maybe other young girls will want to be like me." (extract: ...NIGUEL, Calif. - Something is amiss in this concrete jungle of a skateboard park. The usual...with jobs, husbands, families and plenty of concrete-defying body armor. Women like Barb Odanaka...climb back," says Michael Brooke, publisher of Concrete Wave magazine. "There remains an underlying sentiment that...resemble male models). A 'renaissance' of fun ConCrete Divas, a new Boise-based company,...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2004 Archive, Female Oriented, Lyn-Z Adams/Hawkins)

Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta Interviewed on SkateboardDirectory.com

Our mondo Dogtown * interview with Stacy Peralta *, Tony Alva *, and a few other East Coasters, touching on subjects including Tommy Guerrero *, Sean Penn *, Gator *, staying pure, Mark Gonzales *, Christian Hosoi *, and pool skating. (extract: ...where actually riding transitions *, and riding these concrete waves, took it to different a level...standing up, then come out of the wave at the end like lying down. He...board, and stand-up surf on one wave, he would do it all on one wave, on some crazy, strange vehicle and stuff...Bertlemann was doing on waves on our concrete waves. And in the water, we...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under Dogtown and Z-Boys, Lords of Dogtown, 2002 Archive, Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva)

Lynn Cooper announces Flatlands skateboard video

All about Lynn Cooper *'s new movie, Flatlands. (extract: ...Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 game, the Concrete Wave TV Series, the new Rodney Mullen * videos...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2002 Archive, Flatland/Freestyle Skateboarding)

Skateboard Park Rescued By Florida Family At Suggestion of Jen O'Brien

Daytona, Florida *'s Stone Edge Skate Park fell into such disrepair that many skateboarders had assumed it closed. And it was about to be bulldozed if not for the last-minute intercession of world champion skateboarder and Daytona Beach native Jen O'Brien *. (extract: ...you fall, you fall on waves, not concrete," he said. Ramos' skate park in Jacksonville...one of few parks to escape the wave of mass closings in the early 1980s...) (Full Article) Search *
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